
Explore Jesus as the greatest leadership role model for teens and learn practical daily habits through an interactive leadership experience to grow your influence in work, home, school, and church.
Cultivate leadership as influence that shapes thinking, behavior, and development. Follow Jesus as the leadership model; the 'big night' curriculum guides students through heart, head, hands, and habits toward transformation.
Explore a love-based leadership model, contrast with power-based approaches, and reflect on identity and purpose through a self-assessment, videos, and scripture-guided insights, with Jesus as the model.
Leadership matters because influencing others' thinking, behavior, or development shapes lives, as shown by a leader's actions affecting thousands and a family's upheaval.
Lead like Jesus by starting with leading yourself and letting your heart be transformed to serve others, then extend leadership to one-on-one, group, and community levels.
Read the following scripture references which will be used as biblical basis for session two.
Attached is a PDF file of the Edging God Out Diagram. Please make yourself familiar with it before moving on to your next assignment. You can save/print this diagram by placing your cursor is in the lower right hand corner of the screen.
Examine how pride and fear edge God out, then embrace Jesus’s teaching that greatness comes from serving others, modeling servant leadership rather than self-serving choices.
Take the next few minutes to self-assess where you are in regards to pride and fear. Use the attached PDF and jot down scores for each individual question on a sheet of paper. Once done, tally all individual answers to get your overall score. You can either download and print the PDF in order to record your answers or simply use the PDF as your guide and record your scores on a separate sheet of paper.
In session 3, identify pride or fear as drivers, transform heart toward humility and God-infused confidence, and learn to exalt God by how you relate to others, becoming like Jesus.
Read the following scripture references which will be used as biblical basis for session three.
Attached is a PDF file of the Exalting God Only Diagram. Please make yourself familiar with it before moving on to your next assignment. You can save/print this diagram by placing your cursor is in the lower right hand corner of the screen.
Explore how exalting God only shifts focus from pride and fear to humility and confidence as students like Tasha and Carmen navigate a school group project.
Move from pride and fear toward humility rooted in God, exalting Him as the audience of one and choosing others' needs with authentic, loving understanding.
Read the following scripture references which will be used as biblical basis for session four.
Lead like Jesus begins in the heart and translates beliefs, identity, and direction into action by inviting others, while Jake learns to practice regularly and communicate the message behind decisions.
Cast a compelling vision that describes the preferred future and why it matters. Motivate your group to stay on task and act with purpose through vision casting.
Make yourself familiar with the Learning Stages Diagram before moving on to the next lecture. You can save/print this diagram by placing your cursor is in the lower right hand corner of the screen.
Lead like a carpenter by aligning heart, head, and hand; guide learners through four stages: novice, apprentice, journeyman, master teacher, to serve and empower others.
Recognize and overcome pride or fear to practice servant leadership. Resolve tough conversations through listening, apologizing, and walking through issues together, then celebrate student contributions.
Discover the five key habits Jesus used to stay connected to the Father and cultivate daily habits. Choose one practice to love and serve others and lead like Jesus today.
Discover the first two habits of effective leadership: solitude and prayer, stay connected with God amid life’s pressures, listen for his voice, and cultivate a consistent spiritual routine.
Practice the five leadership habits: read the bible and apply its lessons, experience God's unconditional love, and cultivate safe, encouraging relationships that speak truth and keep you grounded.
Ignite is a leadership development course for teens that focuses on character and integrity, helping young men and women to become powerful and positive influencers of those around them.
By tackling issues like pride, fear, personal vision and the importance of cultivating certain daily habits, IGNITE helps participants discover and define their purpose. It also builds confidence and helps each person discover they are a leader, and their influence of others extends beyond what they may currently realize. Ignite will challenge every participant to love and serve others as Jesus did, which means leading and bringing out the greatness in others as He did. With their focus on leading like Jesus, they will begin to have a greater impact in their home, school, church, community, and the world.
IGNITE is a six session course, and each session can be done in 35 – 45 minutes.
Each lesson contains compelling videos, Scripture references, quizzes, and thought-provoking questions.
At the end of these six sessions, each student will not only understand that they are an influencer, but will build a solid foundation and gain practical knowledge on how to grow as a leader.